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e-ISSN: 2278-2834,p- ISSN: 2278-8735. Volume 9, Issue 3Ver.I (May-Jun. 2014), PP 56-64
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Low cost Front end Diplexer for MoCA 2.0 & DVB-C/C2 Systems
Madhusudana Rao Kothari1, Sree Lakshmi Ele2
1
(Tata power SED, Bangalore and Communications Systems Engineering, Manipal University, India)
(VLSI Design and Embedded Systems Engineering, VTU Extension Centre - UTL Technologies Ltd, India)
I. ABSTRACT: The Media over Cable Alliance (MoCA) and Digital Video Broad Casting-Cable (DVB-C) are
the two different coax based home network standards. At Present, the home networks rely on both the standards,
based on the available devices. The Commercial devices for these MoCA2.0 and DVB-C/C2 can be from the
different vendors ranging at very high costs. In this study, an attempt has been made to design a low cost
Diplexer, which can be tuned further with the commercial available Inductors and capacitors. This helps us to
control the cost and size with the designed Diplexer followed by the effective design of home network.
Keywords- MoCA 2.0, DVB-C, Diplexer, Home Network.
I.
INTRODUCTION
The Coax based Home Network consists of DVB-C and MoCA devices [1].
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II.
SPECIFICATIONS OF DIPLEXER
b.
3)
a.
6 dB Cutoff
: 870 MHz
b.
50-870 MHz
: Max1.5 0.5 dB
c.
>1175MHz
: 15dB Min
d.
>1675MHz
: 45dB Min
e.
>1700MHz
: >20 dB
6 dB cut off
: 900MHz
b.
975-1675MHz
: Max2.5 0.5 dB
c.
>350 MHz
: 15 dB Min
d.
>675 MHz
: 45 dB Min
e.
>2100MHz
: >20 dB
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IV.
Schematic of diplexer is shown in the figure 5. The modifications were done based on tuning, required to adjust
the variations due to tolerances of components and PCB. The DVB-C side of Diplexer consists of 7 section Low
pass filter and a Band pass filter on the MoCA side.
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Fig. 7 Measurement showing Return loss at the input of Diplexer and insertion loss at DVB-C/C2 port
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Fig. 9 Measurement showing Return loss at the input of Diplexer and insertion loss at MoCA port
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V.
CONCLUSION
In this study, the design adapted for the diplexer is a universal approach and can be used in other
similar applications with high power handling capability. The diplexer design can be realized in a required PCB
form factor for further Miniaturization. Also the same design can be tried out using RFMEMS for better results
and for reduction in the size. The cost of diplexer can be optimized by selecting the low cost inductors and
capacitors. The return loss of input port is limited because of the GDT internal capacitance and F-Connector.
For better input return loss, these devices can be replaced with better specifications and for achieving better
rejections, the inductors with Higher Q-factors are suggested.
VI.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank Mr. Chalapathi Subramanyam for supporting with the required Python
test scripts and for testing the Diplexer with MoCA and DVB-C/C2 chips.
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